fawlty128 Loc: LI, NY now in Allentown, PA

Never really understood and still don't, the point of having an In-camera setting for shooting B&W or Sepia. It seems to make more sense to shoot in color & convert to B&W in post. If you shoot in B&W you don't have the option to convert back to color.

Last November, as an experiment, I went out purposely to take some B&W photos. So I changed my camera setting B&W mode to see how it would do.
I was a bit surprised at how well (in my opinion anyway) some of the shots turned out. It didn't change my mind to shoot this way, after all , it only takes 2 seconds to convert a color image to B&W and then you have 2 images for the price of one.
But it did make me wonder if anyone out there does use the camera's B&W to shoot, and if so, the reasoning.

Here's 2 of the shots. Btw: these are completely sooc

PalePictures Loc: Traveling

Excellent B&W

fawlty128 Loc: LI, NY now in Allentown, PA

Thanks PalePictures, some subjects just seem to scream B&W

PalePictures Loc: Traveling

Some may scream underexposure. This seen calls for it. Gives it an old world spooky feel.
I really admire this.

fawlty128 Loc: LI, NY now in Allentown, PA

Thanks PalePictures, that's exactly what I was going for. When I saw this church it reminded me of those old Frankenstein, Dracular, & Wolfman movies. Shot these early morning (about 9am) so had to underexposed to darken the scene.

photophly Loc: Old Bridge NJ

Great shots......Sometimes B&W is the only way to get the texture right or convey a mood....

robertperry Loc: Sacramento, Ca.

The way I see it, you paid good money for all the stuff your camera can do, so, why not shoot in both color and B/W and choose the best that conveys what you are trying to show. Smart on your part to shoot both ways.